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The free agency frenzy is nearly over and the winners and losers are still being sorted out with some exception. The San Antonio Spurs, while losing a good part of their last championship squad did two things this off season; they got much better and they got younger. Now, with the signing of Guard Jonathan Simmons, the Spurs have 13 players under contract for the upcoming season.
The San Antonio Spurs made another unexpected draft pick when they selected 7’0″ Serbian Nikola Milutinov, who was not on any pundits radar coming into the draft.
“We’re excited to get Nikola,” Spurs general manager R.C. Buford said. “He’s a young big guy that has improved a great deal over the last year. As we look to the future, we need to replenish our size. To add a player like that, we’ll give him a chance to develop and see what he can do.”
Shortly after he was drafted, Milutinov tweeted:
“What an honor and a privilege to be drafted by the @spurs. I am very excited to get to Texas.”
The Spurs second round pick went to 4-year UMass graduate, 6’10” Power Forward Cady Lalanne who became one of three players in school history to record 1,000 points, 800 rebounds and 100 blocks in a career.
“He’s an athletic big guy who has a really good shooting form,” Buford said.
The No.1 pick in the draft went to the Minnesota Timberwolves, who selected Kentucky Center Karl-Anthony Townes who will join Power Forward Kevin Garnett, who was traded back to the Timberwolves from Brooklyn in February.
The Los Angeles Clippers rebounded from the drubbing they took at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs in Game 3 with a 114-105 win in the Alamo City. The Clippers shot 53% from the field for the game.
The Spurs are looking to rebound tomorrow night and get another win in LA before heading back here for game 6. Winning on the road is something Popovich led Spurs teams are used to doing.
“We have won there before,” said Spurs forward Tim Duncan. “We know how to win on the road. We have some stuff we can clean up easily, so we have to do that and by ready for their best shot.”
And their best shot is what the Spurs expect the Clippers to deliver early in Game 6.
“Game 5 is big, obviously,” Duncan said, “but it’s not over until you get the fourth game.”